Privilege escalation in RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle - CVE-2018-1182

 

Privilege escalation in RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle - CVE-2018-1182

Published: March 7, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10882
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1182
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: RSA
Affected software:
RSA Identity Governance and Lifecycle

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper privileges and access controls. A local attacker can execute arbitrary scripts on the target system with root privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1182

Update to version 7.0.2 P05.

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